Speaker Mike Johnson can lose just three members' votes and still pass the bill in a party-line vote. But more than a dozen Republicans are currently noes.

The influence of President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson will once again be put to the test Wednesday, as GOP leaders look to deliver the president his first legislative win by the July Fourth holiday.

President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans' mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits. It does not. At best, Trump's “no tax on Social Security” claim exaggerates the benefits to seniors if either the House or Senate-passed proposals is signed into law.

The president, who has a history of spewing sometimes vile insults at rivals, has in recent days escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist. Trump has threatened to arrest Mamdani, to deport him and even to take over the country’s largest city if he wins the general election in November.

Trump simply needs a distraction, Mamdani argued in a press conference with New York City labor leaders on Wednesday. “He said those things about me — someone who stands to be the first immigrant mayor of this city in generations,

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani responded to President Donald Trump's threats of arrest, saying it's "an attack on democracy."

See the timeline of billionaire Elon Musk's comments about the "Big Beautiful Bill" that fractured his relationship with President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump's comments about him "so disappointing." The Musk-Trump feud reignited over the president's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed the Senate on Tuesday.